Judge upholds Chicago’s handgun ban
A federal judge today upheld Chicago’s 1982 handgun ban as Mayor Daley disclosed plans to strengthen it by following Washington D.C.’s lead.
In a 5-to-4 decision in June, the Supreme Court overturned the D.C. handgun ban on grounds that the Second Amendment establishes the right to own a handgun for personal self-defense.
Hours later, the National Rifle Association and the Illinois State Rifle Association filed lawsuits seeking to overturn handgun bans in Chicago, Morton Grove, Evanston and Oak Park. Wilmette and Morton Grove subsequently repealed their handgun bans. Chicago held fast.
Today, U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur rewarded the city for hanging tough, rejecting a pair of lawsuits challenging Chicago’s handgun freeze.
The Daley administration was pleased, but “not surprised” by the decision. City attorneys are well aware that the fight goes on.
“We believe this decision will ultimately end up in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Law Department spokeswoman Jennifer Hoyle.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun Times
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
National Geographic Channel ran a show last night entitled, “Gun In America.” According to the program, there are millions of misguided gun owners across the nation. Why? Because your guns are supposedly more likely to harm you than to help you in an emergency.
Gun owners should let the President and CEO of National Geographic know that the channel should stick to showing pictures of kangaroos and foliage — images that we normally attribute to National Geographic’s magazine — and keep his personal, anti-gun views to his private conversations around the Christmas dinner table.
It’s bad enough that a liberal teacher’s union controls the education of our kids in the public schools, and that many of them are being brainwashed with politically correct thinking. We don’t need supposedly neutral programs like National Geographic peddling the Brady Campaign’s favorite factoids to an unsuspecting public.
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The The 2nd Amendment is being attacked! Hunters and sportsmen better keep fighting for their rights to own and carry guns or we will lose that right with a far left liberal government controling our great country!
